Moschel

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Moschel
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Data
Water code DE : 25488
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Alsenz  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source For Dörrmoschel
49 ° 36 ′ 47 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 28 ″  E
Source height approx.  375  m above sea level NHN
muzzle At Alsenz in the Alsenz coordinates: 49 ° 44 '4 "  N , 7 ° 48' 56"  E 49 ° 44 '4 "  N , 7 ° 48' 56"  E
Mouth height approx.  145  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 230 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 20.4 km
Catchment area 65.997 km²
Small towns Upper moschel

The Moschel is a 20.4 km long, left tributary of the Alsenz in the Rhineland-Palatinate Donnersbergkreis .

geography

course

The Moschel rises southeast of Dörrmoschel on the western flank of the Dörnbacher Höhe at an altitude of 375  m above sea level. NHN . From here the moschel flows primarily in northerly directions. First flowing to the northwest, it passes Dörrmoschel and Teschenmoschel . In the section to Waldgrehweiler it turns its course to the northeast and then passes Gersweiler and Schiersfeld , before turning its course to the north at Sitters . After another 2 kilometers, the Moschel reaches Obermoschel . Here the river turns to the east, after flowing through Niedermoschel north of Alsenz to 145  m above sea level. NHN flow into the Alsenz of the same name .

On its 20.4 km long path, the Moschel overcomes a height difference of 230 m, which corresponds to an average bed gradient of 11.3 ‰. The river drains its 65.997 km² catchment area via Alsenz, Nahe and Rhine to the North Sea .

Tributaries

Numerous short tributaries flow to the Moschel. The most important tributary is the 5 km long Ransenbach , whose catchment area is 9.3 km². In the following, the tributaries of the Moschel, which are managed by the Rhineland-Palatinate water management authority, are listed in the order from the source to the mouth. In each case, the orographic position of the mouth, the length, the size of the catchment area, the altitude of the mouth and the river code are given.

Surname

location Length
in km 		EZG
in km² 		Mouth height
in m above sea level NHN 		GKZ
Layerbach right 4.0 4,526 286 25488-2
Seierwoog Left 1.6 2.076 238 25488-32
Ransenbach right 5.0 9.305 230 25488-4
Finkenbach Left 1.2 1,576 214 25488-512
Mordwiesenbach Left 1.0 1.021 213 25488-52
Steckenbach Left 1.4 0.980 206 25488-592
Lämmerbach Left 1.0 1.154 206 25488-594
Sulzbach right 2.9 4,399 198 25488-6
Unkenbach Left 4.3 6.772 168 25488-74
Sauerborngraben Left 2.5 1.915 166 25488-76
Katzbach Left 1.9 1.916 166 25488-8

Notes on the table

  1. ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands for the common drainage channel Moschel .

environment

The Moschel is a carbonate low mountain stream rich in fine material. Its water structure is very much or completely changed in the upper reaches to below Teschenmoschel. The following section to Finkenbach is mostly significantly or significantly changed. But there are also individual sections with only minor to moderate changes. The lower reaches are mostly strongly to very strongly changed. The water quality of the Moschel in the upper reaches to below Teschenmoschel is given as critically polluted. Up to Finkenbach the water quality is given as low pollution (quality class I-II), then as moderately polluted (quality class II) (status 2005).

Infrastructure

The mosque is accompanied by streets along its entire length. From Dörrmoschel to Obermoschel it is the L 379 and from Obermoschel to the mouth it is the federal highway 420 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ a b c d e f GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( notes )

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